ISF enforcement strategy

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has implemented a revised enforcement strategy for the Importer Security Filing which provides for local discretion at the port level based on infrastructure and staffing resources. The agency says the strategy provides a more standardized approach which will permit headquarters to better analyze non-compliant ISF filings and educate violators. Last summer, the use of liquidated damages to enforce compliance with ISF went into effect. CBP may issue liquidated damages of $5,000 per violation for the submission of an inaccurate, incomplete or late filing. Liquidated damages essentially are penalties secured by a bond. If goods for which an ISF has not been filed arrive in the Unite...